{{Short description|International corporate group}} {{COI|date=October 2010}} {{Infobox company | name = EDAG Engineering Group AG | logo = Edag.svg | type = AG | founded = {{Start date and age|1969|02|01}} in Groß-Zimmern, Germany | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Harald Keller (CEO), Holger Merz (CFO),<br>Georg Denoke (VR President) | industry = | genre = | products = | services = | revenue = 822 Million Euro <small>(''2025'')</small> | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 9100 <small>(2025)</small><ref name = "Edison nov2018">{{cite web |url = https://www.edag.com/en/edag-group/investor-relations/financial-calendar/news-detail?tx_irdata_irdata%5Baction%5D=show&tx_irdata_irdata%5Bid%5D=748c8758-bc43-4cae-925b-5c7003d783ce&cHash=d2ec6621b4bba9dbe0068e419f3a07fd |publisher = Edag Group |date = March 2023 |title = News-Detail | EDAG Group }}</ref> | divisions = vehicle & smart factory engineering | subsid = EDAG Engineering GmbH<br>EDAG Production Solutions GmbH & Co. KG | footnotes = | homepage = {{url|http://www.edag.com}} | location_city = Arbon | location_country = Switzerland | location = | locations = More than 60 (2023) }}
'''EDAG Engineering Group AG''' (short ''Edag'', own spelling ''EDAG'') is an international corporate group active in the ''Engineering services'' sector.<ref name = "bloomberg">{{cite web |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/ED4:GR |title = EDAG Engineering Group AG |publisher = Bloomberg |accessdate = 1 May 2020}}</ref> Since 2015, it has been based in Arbon, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland. The EDAG Group is one of the world's largest independent engineering partners for vehicles and smart factories.
The holding which incorporated the company was founded in Germany during 1969. During 1987, EDAG Group's first overseas branch office was opened in Martorell (Barcelona), Spain. Since incorporation, its structure has been changed several times, including operations as an Aktiengesellschaft, a joint-stock company and a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien. The main operational company of the EDAG Group is ''EDAG Engineering GmbH'', which is based in Wiesbaden, Germany. By November 2018, the company was reportedly operating from 60 sites across 19 countries.<ref name = "Edison nov2018"/> It is active in the fields of product development, production plant development, plant engineering, limited series manufacturing, modules, and optimization.<ref name = "bloomberg"/>
== History == On 1 February 1969, the company ''Eckard Design'' was founded by Horst Eckard in Groß-Zimmern, outside Darmstadt. The firm's first customer was the car manufacturer Ford at their works in Cologne; the firm's first offices were also established in this city.<ref name = "official history">{{cite web |url = https://www.edag-engineering.de/fileadmin/edag/downloads_files/01_kunden/prospekte/allg/edag_40_year_chronicle_en.pdf |title = EDAG - 40 Years: Company History 1969 - 2009 |publisher = edag-engineering.de |date = 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Before the end of its first year, another customer in the form of local car manufacturer BMW had also been acquired. By the end of 1969, Eckard Design employed a total of eight staff members, some of whom would become key officials of the business for the next 30 years.<ref name = "official history"/>
During 1970, a new head office was opened in Fulda; the city's central location meant that Eckard Design's headquarters were never more than 300 km away from any of the domestic car manufacturers.<ref name = "official history"/> Two years later, additional offices in neighbouring Steinau were also secured; that same year, turnover breached DM 2 million for the first time. In 1973, Volkswagen became a customer of the firm, while turnover rose to DM 3.3 million.<ref name = "official history"/> During the following year, the company was reorganised as ''Eckard Design GbR''; it also completed its first acquisition, that being of the Mücke-based manufacturing company ''FFT''. In 1975, vehicle manufacturer Opel became a client of Eckard Design, while a major order for Karmann was placed during the following year.<ref name = "official history"/> During the late 1970s, a close working relationship with Audi also developed.<ref name = "official history"/>
In 1981, company turnover exceeded DM 20 million for the first time; the Fulda office was enlarged during the following year.<ref name = "official history"/> In 1983, Eckard Design began investing in computer-aided design (CAD) technology in line with clients such as Audi. Headcount reached 250 during 1984, while the firm's offices continued to expand.<ref name = "official history"/> Since 1986, the firm has also been involved in the construction of prototypes at its own experimental shop in Fulda. One year later, the company launched its first international activities, deciding to open its first overseas branch office in Martorell (Barcelona), Spain.<ref name = "official history"/> During 1989, its 20th anniversary, turnover breached the DM 100 million milestone; the same year, the company received its first order from Italian luxury car specialist Ferrari.<ref name = "official history"/>
During the early 1990s, considerable investment was directed into growth into the international automotive market.<ref name = "official history"/> During 1992, the company's Rechtsform was reorganised, when it became an Aktiengesellschaft and the name Edag Engineering + Design AG came into being.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} In 1998, EDAG was the first automotive service provider to be admitted to the ''Verband der Automobilindustrie'' (English: Association of the German Automotive Industry). During 2004, FFT Flexible Fertigungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, which is presently called ''FFT Produktionssysteme GmbH & Co. KG'', was integrated into the company. In February 2006, Lutz Helmig, owner of Aton GmbH and founder of the Helios-Kliniken, purchased EDAG from the nine founding families. In 2007, personnel service provider ''ED Work GmbH & Co. KG'' was founded.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
As a result of the takeover by ''Aton GmbH'', the legal form of the company changed on 11 January 2008 from a joint-stock company to a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edag.de/pr/press/Pressemeldungen_2008/EDAG_PM_2008_Nr_1/en |title=EDAG GmbH & Co. KGaA - Change in legal form of EDAG |date=19 April 2008 |access-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419102244/http://www.edag.de/pr/press/Pressemeldungen_2008/EDAG_PM_2008_Nr_1/en |archivedate=19 April 2008 }}</ref> A further consequence of the re-structuring was that directors Klaus Blickle and Jürgen Böhm left the company on 8 April 2008, and were replaced by long-standing managers Jörg Ohlsen, Manfred Hahl and Rainer Bauer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edag.de/pr/press/Pressemeldungen_2008/PM_07_04_2008/en |title=EDAG GmbH & Co. KGaA - New Appointments to EDAG Executive Board |date=7 August 2008 |access-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807025810/http://www.edag.de/pr/press/Pressemeldungen_2008/PM_07_04_2008/en |archivedate=7 August 2008 }}</ref> As a consequence of the merger with ''Rücker GmbH'' during early 2014, the executive board was re-structured, while the head office was transferred to Wiesbaden. Since March 2015, EDAG has been operating under the name ''EDAG Engineering GmbH''. With the listing of ''EDAG Engineering Group AG'' on the German stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main (Prime Standard), ISIN 0303692047, EDAG Engineering GmbH became part of EDAG Engineering Group AG.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
The vast majority of EDAG Group's revenue has typically been derived from its activity in the automotive sector, comprising 62 percent of turnover during 2017; other major contributors to turnover include its electronics businesses, contributing 20 percent that year, as well as a further 18 percent from production solutions activities for that same year.<ref name = "Edison nov2018"/> According to market analysts Edison Group, EDAG has been increasingly moving its activities into the international market in recent years; however, it has been facing increasingly intensive competition from rivals on the global stage.<ref name = "Edison nov2018"/>
For several decades, EDAG has been active throughout the aerospace sector.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/aircraft-interiors-expo-cooking-into-the-future/79573.article |title = Aircraft interiors EXPO: Cooking into the future |publisher = Flight International |date = 3 April 2008}}</ref> During the early 2000s, aircraft manufacturer AvCraft contracted EDAD to produce wing tooling for a new final assembly line at Oberpfaffenhoffen for the Fairchild Dornier 328JET.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/avcraft-brings-328jet-wing-assembly-in-house/54060.article |title = AvCraft brings 328Jet wing assembly in-house |publisher = Flight International |date = 20 April 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/second-chance/55796.article |title = Second chance |publisher = Flight International |date = 27 July 2004}}</ref> The company has acted as an intermediate party between various other suppliers and the multinational aerospace conglomerate Airbus.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.flightglobal.com/farnborough-victorian-aerospace-trio-debut-at-show/94737.article |title = FARNBOROUGH: Victorian aerospace trio debut at show |publisher = Flight International |first = Alex |last = Derber |date = 22 July 2010}}</ref>
== Offices == The branch offices on five continents are mostly located at important sites of partner industries.
;Selection of sites in Germany:Aachen, Eisenach, Fulda, Hamburg, Ingolstadt, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Rostock, Ulm, Wolfsburg
;Selection of sites in Europe * Turin – {{ITA}} * Sant'Agata Bolognese – {{ITA}} * Fiorano Modenese – {{ITA}} * Sesto San Giovanni – {{ITA}} * Mladá Boleslav – {{CZE}} * Břeclav – {{CZE}} * Warwickshire – {{ENG}} * Győr – {{HUN}} * Gothenburg -{{SWE}} * Helmond - {{NED}} * Kocaeli – {{TUR}}
; ;Worldwide * São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo) – {{BRA}} * Troy (Detroit) – {{USA}} * Puebla – {{MEX}} * Yokohama – {{JPN}} * Seoul - {{KOR}} * Shah Alam (Kuala Lumpur) – {{MYS}} * Pune (Maharashtra) – {{IND}} * Shanghai – {{CHN}} *
== Automotive industry == EDAG is noted for its concept cars such as EDAG Biwak estate concept on the Beetle, the EDAG Pontiac Solstice Hardtop and the EDAG Show Car No. 8 based on Smart mechanicals. EDAG has conducted design work for the application of 3D-printing (additive manufacturing) technology under their "Genesis project", in which Fraunhofer, Laser Zentrum Nord and DMRC Paderborn participated.<ref name="newman2015">{{cite news | title=3D Printing Advances Design | last=Newman | first=John | date=1 January 2015 | work=Desktop Engineering | publisher=Peerless Media | location=Dublin, New Hampshire, United States | url=http://www.deskeng.com/de/3d-printing-advances-design/ | at=Designing the Future | department=Manufacture | archive-date=17 January 2015 | access-date=17 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117205829/http://www.deskeng.com/de/3d-printing-advances-design/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> thumb|EDAG Show Car No. 8 thumb|EDAG Light Car Sharing
=== Concept Cars and Prototypes === Source: ''edag.de''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edag.de/en/edag/press-media/picture-archive/concept-cars.html |title=Concept Cars |date= |website=on www.edag.de |publisher= |language=en |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> * EDAG Scout (1999) * EDAG 2000 (2000) * EDAG Keinath GT/C (2001) * EDAG Keinath GT/C Cabrio (2002) * EDAG Pontiac Solstice Hardtop * EDAG Cinema 7D (2003) * EDAG GenX (2004) * EDAG/Rinspeed Chopster (2005) * EDAG Show Car No.8 (2005) * EDAG Pontiac Solstice Hardtop (2006) * EDAG Biwak (2006) * EDAG LUV (2007) * EDAG Light Car - Open Source (2009) * EDAG Light Car Sharing (2011) * EDAG Genesis (2014) * EDAG Light Cocoon (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edag.de/en/edag/news-detail/getarticle/News/detail/world-premiere-of-the-concept-car-edag-light-cocoon-in-geneva.html |title=EDAG Light Cocoon: World premiere in Geneva 2015 |date=27 January 2015 |publisher= edag.de}}</ref>
== References == <references/>
== External links == * [http://www.edag.com Website of EDAG Group AG] * [https://www.edag.com Website of EDAG Engineering GmbH] * [https://www.edag.com/de/edag-group/investor-relations Website of EDAG Engineering Group AG (Investor Relations)]
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